Dr Carol Hill
- Senior Lecturer (Interdisciplinary Studies)
telephone: 01387702006
email: Carol.Hill@glasgow.ac.uk
Office Hours: Friday 2.00pm - 4.00 pm (other times by appointment)
- Senior Adviser of Studies
- Crichton Management Group
- Director, Crichton Centre for Research in Health and Social Issues
Biography
Dr Carol Hill is the Head of Health and Social Studies at the University of Glasgow, Dumfries Campus with responsibility for managing the: MLitt Managing Health and Wellbeing; MA Liberal Arts (Health and Social Studies); MA (Hons) Health and Social Studies; MA(Hons) Social Work; BA Community Learning and Development; and, the Cert HE Integrated Working with Children and Families. She is also Director of the Crichton Centre for Research in Health and Social Issues.
Research interests
Dr Hill began her academic career as an economic historian gaining a PhD for her thesis on the Maritime Economy of South-West Scotland 1707 - 1850, from the University of Strathclyde. Although she continues to research and publish in this field, in more recent years her overarching interests in the political economy and applied health and social policy are reflected in an extensive research portfolio that includes, for example, European Union funded research into ‘the barriers to women in rural areas achieving their potential’ and 'the engagement of older people in the development of social enterprises for elder care’ along with other funded studies of,‘how young people make their Higher Education choices’and evaluations of ‘Building Healthy Communities’ and the ‘Integrated Assessment Framework’.
Suggested Areas for Postgraduate supervision include:
- Health and social policy
- Politics and economy of health and social welfare
- Gender
- Ageing and elder care
- Evaluative studies
- Maritime history
Undergraduate
Level 1
- Introduction to Social Studies
Level 2
- Social Welfare Policy and Practice
Level 3
- Media Health and Leisure
- Research Methods for Social Science
- Research for Ethical and Effective Practice
- Evaluating Community Development
- The Crichton Placement
- Dissertation Supervision
Honours (CEP Programme)
- Research and Dissertation supervision
Postgraduate
MLitt Managing Health and Wellbeing
- Politics and Economy of Health and Wellbeing
- Policy and Principles of Research in the Public Sector
- Health Wellbeing and the Media
- Dissertations
- Placements
Other Information
Dr Hill regularly reviews books and articles for a range of scholarly publications; undertakes a consultancy role for a number of organisations in the statutary and voluntary sectors, contributes at national and international conferences and is a recipient of the J. Percival Agnew Award and the Grainger Memorial Prize.